Webbing

Woven Webbing & Strap Manufacturer

Ledteks manufactures narrow woven webbing to customer specification in high-tenacity polyester, polypropylene, nylon and cotton. Produced on narrow weaving looms in widths from 8 mm to 15 cm, our webbing provides resistance to UV exposure, abrasion, tearing and sustained load. Width, weight, colour, weave pattern and breaking strength are defined by the application and manufactured to order.

What Is Woven Webbing?

Woven webbing is a narrow woven fabric in which warp yarns run along the length of the strip and weft yarns cross them on a loom built for narrow widths. The industry classifies fabrics up to approximately 15 cm as narrow woven. Above that width, production moves to conventional weaving machinery.

The defining structural feature is the edge. The weft reverses direction at both sides of the strip, closing the long edges during weaving. The webbing therefore holds its stated width, does not unravel lengthwise, and can be cut, sewn or heat-sealed without additional edge preparation.

This construction also separates woven webbing from braided and knitted alternatives. In a braid, load is carried by yarns that spiral around one another, so the strip narrows and extends under tension. In woven webbing, load is carried along the warp, producing the low and predictable elongation required in safety, lifting and restraint applications.

Where Is Woven Webbing Used?

Woven webbing is specified wherever a product must carry, restrain or connect a load without adding bulk. Material, width and weave density vary by sector, as do the dimensional and strength tolerances the application will accept. As Ledteks, there are many product groups that we produce:

• Bags, Luggage and Leather Goods: Shoulder straps, handles, reinforcement tapes and edge trim, supplied as bag strap webbing in polypropylene, cotton, polyester or nylon. Colour and pattern matching govern most projects in this segment.
  
  
• Military and Tactical Equipment: Belts, pouch attachment systems, slings and load-carrying vests. Our military webbing is woven in high-tenacity polyester, nylon or polypropylene and matched to specified camouflage palettes.
  
  
• Working at Height and Industrial Safety: Full-body harnesses, lanyards, rescue and construction equipment. Low elongation and shock-load behaviour are the governing criteria for safety belt webbing.
  
  
• Outdoor and Sports Products: Tie-downs, camping equipment, pet products and packs, where low weight and moisture resistance take priority over maximum tensile strength. Polypropylene webbing is the standard specification.
  
  
• Fashion, Footwear and Apparel: Waistbands, decorative straps, shoe components and accessories in direct skin contact, typically supplied as cotton webbing.
  
  
• Roller Shutter and Blind Systems: Roller shutter tape runs over a pulley through tens of thousands of cycles and must resist elongation, fraying and colour change.
  
  
• Industrial Handling and Automotive: Lifting straps, restraint systems and component assemblies, generally specified in polyester webbing for its dimensional stability. See also our work in the automotive sector.

How Woven Webbing Is Manufactured

Four specification decisions determine the finished product. Each is considerably less expensive to resolve at the drawing stage than during assembly.

• Weave Structure and Loom Type: Narrow looms differ in weft insertion, and this determines edge construction. Needle looms operate at high speed and produce one selvedge edge and one knitted edge, which suits high-volume industrial webbing. Shuttle looms operate more slowly and return the weft at both sides, producing two identical selvedges. That construction is specified where the strip must not unravel under any condition. Weave density, expressed in picks per centimetre, determines the handle of the webbing and the proportion of yarn strength retained in the finished strip.
  
  
• Material Selection: Specification errors occur most frequently at this stage. The table below sets out the properties that govern the choice.
  
  
• Dimensions and Technical Parameters: We produce widths from 8 mm to 15 cm at a weight tolerance of ±8 g/m. Weave density and yarn count are specified against the intended working load rather than carried over from a previous order.
  
  
• Colour, Pattern and Customisation: Our colour chart holds more than 400 shades, all dyed to order. Custom woven patterns,
  including jacquard designs, form part of standard production.
  
  All orders pass through six production stages in our own mill:

1. 1. Yarn transfer
   2. Warping
   3. Narrow weaving
   4. Fixing, dyeing and finishing
   5. Quality control
   6. Packaging

Order Process and Production Lead Time

Projects normally begin with a sample. Our showroom holds over 1,000 reference samples of woven webbing, tape and elastic, and custom samples are produced against a technical drawing or a physical reference.

Once the specification is confirmed (colour, weight, raw material and pattern) or the sample is approved, the order enters the production line within one week. Delivery is completed within a maximum of two weeks, subject to order quantity.

Standard black webbing carries no minimum order quantity. For custom colours, patterns and constructions, the minimum is agreed with the customer before production begins.

Goods are packed as rolls of 10 to 200 metres or in boxes, labelled with length and weight. Deliveries within Istanbul are made by company vehicle. International orders ship by sea, air, road or express courier, selected according to volume and destination.

Quality and Certification

Ledteks has manufactured narrow woven fabrics since 1992 at its facility in Istanbul. More than 40 narrow weaving looms, together with knitting and finishing lines, produce an average of 5 million metres of webbing, tape and elastic per month. We export to more than 40 regions, with Europe representing the largest share.

Testing is carried out in our own laboratory and through contracted laboratories. The standard programme covers weaving analysis (raw material identification, warp-weft ratio, weight, pattern and colour), breaking and strength testing, colour fastness, reflectivity, flammability resistance, and flexibility and stiffness. Customer-specific tests are performed on request.

We hold ISO 45001, ISO 26000 and OEKO-TEX certification. OEKO-TEX STANDARD 100 tests against a list of more than 1,000 harmful substances, with limit values reviewed at least annually. Specifying certified webbing therefore reduces the compliance testing required downstream. Our full list is available on the certificates page.

Not every enquiry is a suitable fit. Very small one-off quantities in custom colours are rarely viable for either party, and we will say so at the quotation stage. Where a project does fit, the approved specification is held consistently across repeat production.

Submit a technical drawing, physical sample or written requirement and our team will respond with a production proposal.